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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1973
Page
1
Detroit reports a surge in compact and subcompact sales amid fuel shortages. Ford GM Chrysler and AMC shift focus to smaller, lower priced cars with strong foreign competition and growing interest in Wankel engines.
Thirty one suspects including at least three Americans will be tried by military court in the Philippines for alleged murder and plot to overthrow President Ferdinand Marcos. Accused include Sergio Osmena Jr. and Eugenio Lopez Jr. plus businessmen and a British subject with detention in Manila.
Space Center Houston AP reports Mission Control believes the Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma will return on their own Sept. 25. Two rescue rockets and a spare Apollo craft remain on standby at Cape Kennedy as precaution while leak checks continue on steering rockets docking the ship to the station.
Tucson Clearing House Association reports local banks up over the year. The 61 banks surveyed held more than 1.1 billion in deposits in July, compared with 789 million the previous July and 334 million in the same month a year earlier.
Berryville beekeeper Arlington Palmer watches his operation shrink after six months at the old Virginia Honey Co. Bees die off rapidly, wiping out a third of his colonies and threatening his income from honey. State experts search for a cause as pesticides and ozone theories clash. Palmer estimates losses near 25000 and fears indemnity aid may be his only hope.
Four Maryland contractors told federal prosecutors they paid cash to former governor and current Vice President Agnew seeking favored treatment on government consulting contracts. Time reports two consultants also sought contributions. A grand jury in Baltimore reviews materials as investigators examine Agnew tenure and related records.
UPI reports a missing boy in the mountains near the New Mexico border area. Officials say no definite location or identity has been confirmed, though a CB operator in California first reported the signal claiming the boy is seven and his father may be injured.
Five young Virgin Islanders were sentenced to eight consecutive life terms for the eight murders last fall at a luxury golf course in Christiansted. They also received six consecutive terms of 13 years for first degree assault and robbery. The defendants, aged 22 to 33, were transferred to a federal penitentiary and plan appeals to the Third Circuit.
President Nixon signed a $23 billion highway trust fund expansion to finance mass transit. The measure allows funds for transit capital projects and urban rail, with states able to substitute some urban interstate work, and includes a three year authorization for federal aid highways and bike path funding. The law shifts dollars to mass transit, overhauls planning, and increases federal shares for urban transit grants.
Buenos Aires reports Juar D. Peron aged 72 will face Ricardo Balbin aged 69 in a repeat showdown for Argentina’s presidency next month. A Peron win could restore his leadership after an 18 year gap since the 1946 coup. In the United States a tornado near Washington D C toppled trees and damaged cars but caused no injuries as winds touched at least seven miles per hour in nearby Chesterfield and Westfield with no damage reported.
Police linked alcohol heavy handgun use and the full moon to 10 weekend slayings in Atlanta. Maj. M. E. Moon said anger driven by alcohol and easy access to weapons fuels homicide, noting higher rates on fair moon nights.
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